Genetic diversity of the eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) population in Israel

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 192-201

  Cohen, Tali Magory ^a   Narkiss, Tamar ^a   Dolev, Amit ^b   Ben Ari, Yossi ^c   Kronfeld Schor, Noga ^c   Guter, Amichai ^b   Saltz, David ^d   Bar Gal, Gila Kahila ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

conservation genetics; Israeli otter population; microsatellites; spraint

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISRAEL; JORDAN; LUTRA LUTRA; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; ISRAEL; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OTTERS;

EID: 84874367624     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/ess094     Document Type: Article

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